🔑 Key Topics & Takeaways:

• How chronic illness and high-functioning depression go unseen for decades
  
   
• The unspoken reality of being a caregiver to someone with mental illness
  
   
• How faith, rest, and community became lifelines for Jim and his family
  
   
• The danger of religious labels and why identity must start with Christ
  
   
• Why the Church needs to step up and talk about mental health
  
   
• What it really means to rest, surrender, and live anchored in hope
  
   

 

 

💬 Quotes to Remember:

“I don’t like you, God… but I can learn to love you.”
— Jim’s raw and real salvation prayer

“You shouldn’t be fighting for rest — you should be fighting from a place of rest.”

“We gaslight ourselves into thinking sacrifice is holy, when often it’s just unhealed trauma.”

 

 

⏱️ Key Moments (Timestamps)

• [01:14] — Jim’s chronic illness journey and being misdiagnosed for years
  
   
• [08:35] — Navigating caregiving for a spouse with four mental illness diagnoses
  
   
• [13:06] — The silent suffering of overfunctioning and why it’s not holy
  
   
• [16:09] — Redefining rest through scripture and Sabbath
  
   
• [18:59] — From atheist & witch to a follower of Christ: Jim’s salvation story
  
   
• [24:01] — Deconstructing labels like “left-leaning” or “right-leaning” Christian
  
   
• [40:50] — The Church’s lack of preparedness to deal with real mental health struggles
  
   
• [43:44] — Why telling our stories isn’t weak — it’s the key to healing